National Memorial To The Women Of World War Two

EDM number 879 in 2001-02, proposed by Hugh Bayley on 25/02/2002.

That this House pays tribute to the work carried out by the 640,000 women who served in the armed forces during the Second World War; acknowledges the enormous contribution of the millions of other women who served in the Land Army, munitions factories, fire brigades, hospitals and other wartime occupations; expresses concern at the lack of public recognition of the dangerous tasks undertaken by many women, such as flying unarmed aircraft across the Atlantic and Europe, staffing ack-ack gun sites and working behind enemy lines in the Special Operations Executive; recognises the important contribution of all these women in defeating Nazism; notes that Canada, Australia and the USA have national memorials to women who served during the Second World War; applauds the efforts of the charity, Memorial to the Women of World War Two Fund, in raising ú140,000 for a memorial; notes that the campaign has the endorsement of Baroness Betty Boothroyd, the charity's patron, and her Royal Highness The Princess Royal and Dame Vera Lynn, the vice-patrons; wishes the charity success in finding a suitable site in Westminster; and supports its bid for a Capital Arts Grant from the National Lottery.

This motion has been signed by a total of 190 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.